Don’t be afraid tonight, because the bottom couldn’t be any closer than here, than now
We paid the price, floated to the surface too soon, unwillingly
We’re dancing with tragedy (X3)
Swimming upstream. we took the bait and swallowed
Give them hell! Break the line!
Hook by hook, we will leave them empty handed
Meter by meter, their lungs will soon know…
Depth! Because what poets we are, tame as the dammed water,
institutionalized, anxiously waiting to flood
we just need to find the cracks in this oppressive architecture
To exploit and barrage, swim through to bluer waters…
Now I’m filled up with holes, I need some painkillers, or something to subside the connection to my mind
Throw it back, This fish isn’t big enough to fry
No sentience, unwilling to materialize
Throw it back, this fish is toxic to tongues
Let it dance while it drains this imposed...life sentence
credits
from Condition,
released July 6, 2010
Lyrics: Erick
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